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Die „Waldeck“ | Burg Waldeck | Hein & Oss | Young and Old | Peter Rohland
Waldeck - the ”stepping stone of career“ | Foreign Artists

Burg Waldeck

For the first time ever the history of Burg Waldeck - www.burg-waldeck.de - in the Hunsrück region/Southwest Germany has been completely written down in a book: Starting in 1911, when the first meeting of members of the ”Wandervogel“-movement took place, the oppression by the Nazis, the rebirth after World War II and the legendary folk festivals in the Sixties up
to this day. We attended the release party for the book in Mainz; Hein Kröher, member of the best known German folk duo Hein & Oss, signed our copy. The picture shows him with Mary.

 

Hein & Oss

Nearly 78 years of age the twins Hein & Oss are still yardsticks for the younger generation; in Mainz they had an impressive performance. The lps ”Soldatenlieder“ and ”Songs Of The World“ were recorded in the Sixties.

Young and Old

Not only Waldeck-veterans as Bömmes, Black and Goly but also young groups performed on stage during the release party – for example ”Hotel Ost“ playing Klezmer music.

Peter Rohland

Peter Rohland was one of the motors behind the Waldeck-festivals, but he died in 1966. This 5-lp-box has been released in the 1980s, the eps (= singles with 2 songs on each side) are out of the sixties.

Waldeck - das „stepping stone of career“

Many famous German artists started their career at the Burg Waldeck festivals, among them Reinhard Mey, Franz-Josef Degenhardt und Hannes Wader

Foreign Artists

But there were also artists from the UK and the United States: The couple Colin Wilkie and Shirley Hart or Hedy West were among them, as Englishman John Pearse

Aber auch aus dem englisch-sprachigen Raum kamen viele Künstler in den Hunsrück: Das Ehepaar Colin Wilkie und Shirley Hart war darunter, ebenso die Amerikanerin Hedy West, ebenso der Engländer John Pearse.

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für viele Künstler, die in den 70er Jahren richtig Karriere machten, waren die Festivals auf Burg Waldeck das Sprungbrett. Reinhard Mey zählt zu ihnen, ebenfalls Hannes Wader, Franz-Josef Degenhardt und Katja Ebstein.